CoachTurnedRef
@WestNorfolkRef
Stopped doing youth football when they asked me to pay for my own DBS check.
Still allowed me to do one a month without one!
All this despite the fact that as a match official, you do not have "significant" contact. As I understand it, if the FA so decided, DBS checks need not be a prerequisite!
Climbs down from soapbox.........
Yeah you're right I don't think from a legal point of view youth refs CRC are really required, but I guess it helps. It's not like you spend time alone with the kids and you're in a public arena. Getting it done anyway.